Reactive virtual environment
AssigneeCisco Technology, Inc.
InventorsDouglas Jay Walker, Lisa Louise Bobbitt, Henry William Morrison, IV
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Abstract
A system (and corresponding method) is provided that enables virtual spaces to be created based upon user activity and populated with users associated with, interested in or active within the same areas as the user, thus facilitating serendipitous interactions and exchange of knowledge. The system dynamically binds user representations (e.g., avatars, links) into a virtual space that is associated with an activity or topic. Essentially, the system is capable of dynamically gathering or generating representations of users associated with a workflow or tasks within an activity, project or topic thereby enhancing collaboration between users with regard to communications as well as generation and sharing of data.
Claims21
A system comprising:
- one or more processors;
- a resource binding component executable by the one or more processors and configured to detect, based on information from one or more sensors, whether a user wishes not to be disturbed;
- and
- a dynamic rendering component executable by the one or more processors and configured to automatically generate or update a representation of the user within an activity-specific immersive collaborative display to reflect that the user wishes not to be disturbed, wherein the dynamic rendering component automatically generates or updates the representation of the user in a manner that is dependent on a type of device being utilized by a viewer.
A method comprising:
- at a processor, detecting whether a user wishes not to be disturbed, based on information from one or more sensors;
- and
- automatically generating or updating a representation of the user within an activity-specific immersive collaborative display to reflect that the user wishes not to be disturbed, wherein the automatic generating or updating of the representation of the user is performed in a manner that is dependent on a type of device being utilized by a viewer.
One or more computer readable non-transitory storage media encoded with software comprising computer executable instructions that when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:
- detect whether a user wishes not to be disturbed, based on information from one or more sensors;
- and
- automatically generate or update a representation of the user within an activity-specific immersive collaborative display to reflect that the user wishes not to be disturbed, wherein the representation of the user is automatically generated or updated in a manner that is dependent on a type of device being utilized by a viewer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.